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Article #274Re: Help 6100 dead????
From: Scott Ishiyama
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 00:00
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Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In article <33BED90E.B984E592@s054.aone.net.au>, > Stephen Finlay <sfinlay@s054.aone.net.au> wrote: > > >Unfortunately, the 6100 does have a physical 'Big Red Switch' :-), so a > >dead battery shouldn't stop it starting (at least it should display > >_something_ on the monitor). > > This is wrong; on a 6100, as I said, a totally dead battery will prevent it > from starting up at all and the monitor too will remain dead (it needs > output from the computer to switch on). This parallels my experience. A dying PRAM batter caused quirky start-ups on my 6100. When it died, so did the 6100: No startup chime, no starting from any attached drive (internal, external, CD, MO, or floppy), nada. Replacing that puppy will save you a lot of $ at the repair shop. -- Aloha, Scott
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c648,87c188e93fd84d28 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c648,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,87c188e93fd84d28 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public X-Google-Thread: 1156c9,87c188e93fd84d28 X-Google-Attributes: gid1156c9,public From: scott-i@iname.com (Scott Ishiyama) Subject: Re: Help 6100 dead???? Date: 1997/07/07 Message-ID: <5ppbpl$2as$1@news.gte.net> X-Deja-AN: 255101131 References: <AFE412809668A9A4@moneypit.demon.co.uk> <AFE425DE9668440A7@cara.demon.co.uk> <33BED90E.B984E592@s054.aone.net.au> <AFE51FC1966874AC3@cara.demon.co.uk> Organization: GTE INS X-Auth: C6139F160485849241D38491 Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,demon.tech.mac